HAPPY HEARTS AND MERRY EYES
Written by L.T. Meade; Evelyn Everett-Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W. Foster; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1505464
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

A book of stories and verses. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing children in a cart being pulled by a donkey. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Goose Step". Stains to both bottom corners and top edge of rear cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Rear cover is mottled. Inscription in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and page edges. One hinge cracked. Light creasing to top inside corner of all pages. Just an odd mark to contents.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 5TH YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; John Lea; Fay Inchfawn; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Harold C. Earnshaw; Savile Lumley; Margaret Tarrant; Chris Temple; et al..
Stock no. 1505453
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black titles and black vignette, pictorial front board shows small girl riding on shoulders of older girl. Advert to rear cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour plates, two-tone and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped with a few small, light marks. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Paper covering rear joint split for 1" at top and bottom. Nick to outside edge of front endpaper. Dated ink inscription to verso of frontis. A couple of hinges cracked. Brown mark, mostly to inner margins of two pages, one of which is a two-tone illustration page. A few fox spots and fingermarks but generally clean otherwise.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
Written by John Lea; Christine Chaundler; Elsie Blomfield; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; G.E. Studdy; Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; et al..
Stock no. 1404925
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette of a boy climbing a flag pole. Pictorial front board showing a horse eating hay from a girl's skirt with her dog looking on. Advert for 'The Children's Friend' to verso. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and two tone illustrations. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed. Rear board scuffed and grubby. Rear joint beginning to crack, showing some webbing. Endpapers browned. Bumping to inner top corner. Some foxing and grubby marks but many pages clean.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
Written by Dorothea Moore; Ethel Talbot; Queenie Scott-Hopper. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Joyce Lankester Brisley; H.G.C. Marsh; et al..
Stock no. 1404924
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board showing a boy and a girl on a cloud. Includes 4 b/w illustrations and endapers illustrated by Louis Wain. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Some bumping to bottom edge of boards. Covers a little grubby. Vertical crease to front endpaper. Couple of hinge are cracked. Browning to endpapers and contents. Some light foxing otherwise contents are clean.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL
Written by Edric Vredenburg; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; G.H. Thompson; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1404897
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial paper board to front shows two young girls under a red umbrella with shopping in their arms and small dog next to them, other young ladies in background. Plain endpapers. B/w and two tone illustrations throughout. Wain illustrations are on page 36 and 37 'Pussy's Birthday Party', 128 'Catching the Train and 129 'An Exciting Gallop'. 144 pages. Six colour plates. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed. Covers grubby with some scratches to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Both joints beginning to crack. Some hinges pulled. Pages browned. One plate detached, the bottom edge of which is grubby. One other plate is partially detached. Margins and verso of plates are marked.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1901
Written by Alfred J. Fuller; George Manville Fenn; L.T. Meade; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1404831
Published by Ernest Nister. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, cream boards with picture of children playing hunting to front. Two b/w illustrations by Louis Wain (cats) - one entitled "The Doctor" and the other is double-spread, entitled "The Cats' Excursion". Chromolithograph plates plus b/w and tinted text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed, slightly grubby and scratched. Small white mark to spine. Some hinges cracked. Frontis partially detached at bottom of page. Browning and foxing to contents. A few marks otherwise contents generally clean,

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 2ND YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; Evelyn Everett-Green; Brenda Girvin; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; H.G.C. Marsh; Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1315362
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children in a snowy scene on toy horses. First story is Three Little Sabots. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Joints cracked and endpapers browned. Foxing and some grubby marks to page margins.

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SUCH FUN
Written by Norman Gale; Grace C. Floyd; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2119056
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Father Tuck's 'Children's Own' Library. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations by Wain throughout - all pussy cats! Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and chipping along cover edges. Front board is a little bowed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby marks, mostly to endpapers and page margins.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Norman Gale; Jessie Attwell; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Hilda Cowham; Arthur A. Dixon; et al..
Stock no. 1315209
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Capt. Edric Vredenberg. Stories, songs and poems. Front cover shows young girl holding mistletoe above her collie dog. Red cloth spine. Colour plates, numerous b/w & two-tone illustrations. Preface is entitled 'Poppy Heads and Dandelion Clocks'. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Lower edges spine and covers are browned. Endpapers browned. Some light fingering to page edges else contents clean.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1890
Written by Robert Ellice Mack; L. Haskell; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith Scannell; et al..
Stock no. 1404721
Published by Ernest Nister. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles and flower vignette to spine and gilt titles and vignette of a girl skipping to front. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 1st item is a poem - Goodbye. One b/w plate by Wain entitled 'The Cats Party.' Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Cover edges darkened and covers a little marked. Front and rear joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. One plate is loose and has ragged edges. Foxing and browning especially to prelims. A few light marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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A TRIP TO STORYLAND
Written by R.V.; Christina Rossetti; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harold Copping; Thomas Maybank; et al..
Stock no. 1404568
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards with dark titles to spine. Colour frontis plu b/w illustrations. Adverts on endpapers. Spine bumped and worn with small split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby. Front joint and one hinge badly cracked showing webbing below. A couple of other hinges beginning to crack. Remains of a blue presentation plate to front endpaper. Small, blind bookseller's stamp to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Tissue guard for frontis is detached and browned. Some grubby marks to page margins. Advertising leaflet inserted into book.

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